Forest Zoological Collection
Display Case with the Insect Collection of W. Baer, before 1930
The Institute employs historically developed collections for the special needs of forest zoology. These are still actively deployed in teaching today as well as used for research purposes.
The systematic collection of insects dates back to the 19th century in part and provides an overview of the endemic fauna with about 50,000 individual objects. An insect collection, assembled by W. Baer until 1930, consists of display cases specifically made for teaching. The beetle collection of H. Wiesner gives an overview of Saxon species, especially from the Elbe Valley, between Dresden and Riesa in the period from 1875 to 1935.
There is a mammal collection (882 objects including stuffed animals, skins, skeletal parts), as well as a bird collection (570 objects including stuffed animals, skins and eggs), of which the oldest items date back to the years 1877 and 1847. Additionally, there is a systematic collection with 697 objects, largely alcohol preparations of mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles and invertebrate species, but also skulls and skeletal parts.
Publications
K. Fischer, Die Forstlichen Sammlungen in Tharandt, in: Sammlungen und Kunstbesitz der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden 1996, p. 61-70.
Contact
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Institute of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology
Cotta-Bau, Pienner Str. 7, Tharandt
Dr. Jana Zschille, Phone +49 351 463-31351
Jana.Zschille@tu-dresden.de